Colorful Salad

I just could not resist this one.  The colors are unbelievable.  How can you not get excited about your food when it looks like this.  What makes it even more special, of course, it is from my garden.  I eat a lot of salads.  When I don't have one for lunch I have one for dinner.  In the concept you are what you eat - I want to be this salad.  Colorful, fresh, a little spicy and full of flavor.  I added a beet I just picked, cucumber, pea pods, tomatoes, garbanzo beans vegetable pulp and edible flowers.  I consider this a complete meal because it does have protein from the vegetables as well as the beans.

Edible flowers.  These are nasturtiums.  All parts of this beautiful plant are edible except the roots of course.  The flowers, leaves and stems are a peppery taste.  I just love using them as garnishes or in salads.  If you haven't tried edible flowers go for it but make sure because not all flowers are edible.

The vegetable pulp I added is what is left after I juiced carrots, beets and cucumber.  Juicing is a topic to discuss another day.  I save the pulp from juicing and use it in a variety of ways.  Generally I freeze it for future use.

There you have it my salad for today.  Once again not really a recipe but maybe some inspiration for you to go out and explore the great world of colorful food.  Do something nice for your body.